Dust-pan



1 (No Model.)

H. v. SHAW;

DUST PAN.

No. 341,175. Patented May 4, 1886.

WITNESSES INVENTOR 1m 3% BY M Z @g ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HANNAH V. SHAWV, OF LAWVRENOEBURG, INDIANA.

DUST-PAN.

Q5PECIE'ICA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,175, dated May4, i886.

Application filed NovrmberlO, 1885. Serial No. 182,348.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HANNAH V. SHAW, of Lawrenceburg, in the county ofDearborn and State of Indiana, have invented a new and ImprovedDust-Pan, of which the following ispa full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention consists in a covered dustpan of novel construction,substantially as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim,and said article made readily available for diiferent purposes or uses,as hereinafter set forth.

My invention has for its object to combine in a single implement of easymanufacture and moderate cost,first,aself-holding covered dustpan with ahigh cover to catch light dust, widening toward the open end for greaterconvenience in sweeping around the edges and corners of a room; second,a self-holding splash pail that will afford a ready means of taking upthe dirty water when scrubbing with a broom by sweeping the water overthe sill into the deep cavity and emptying into an ordinary bucket fromeither side; third, an ornamental wall-pocket that will provide aconvenient receptacle for the odds and ends of rubbish that are usuallythrown in the fire or coal-hod or consigned to the unsightly scrapbox.

Figure 1 represents a front View of my improved dust-pan when providedwith a bail for greater convenience in carrying about. Fig. 2 is avertical section upon the line a: w in Fig. 1, showing the article whenhung as a wall-pocket; Fig. 3, a side View showing the article inposition for use as dust-pan or splashpail, and Fig. 4 a front View ofthe same under similar conditions. views upon a reduced scale of blanksfrom which the base and cover of the dust-pan are or may be made.

The body of the article may be made from any suitable material, butpreferably sheet metal.

Fig. 5 represents the blank from which the base A is made, and Fig. 6that from which the cover B is formed. These two parts are suitably bentand securely joined together. The base-sheet A has its curved end bentup Figs. 5 and 6 are face (No model.)

at right angles, as on the line b in Fig. 5, to meet the cover B andform the closed end of the article, while the opposite and straight edgeof said basesheet is bent, as onthe line 0 d, Fig. 5, to inclose a stripof wood in the form of an angular sill extending throughout the lengthof said marginal portion of the base-sheet, and having a sharp finish tothe forward edge of the dust-pan and an easy incline and fall into thecavity beyond the sill. This strip of wood holds the edge straight andfirm, being solid will resist injury that might result to ahollow sillfrom stepping on it, and by its weight holds the article steady, so thatit is self-holding, allowing vigorous action of the broom withoutslipping back. A round or other shaped cavity, f, is made in the woodensill at its thickest part and in the center of its length, and a largetriangular depression made by cutting away a portion of flat side ofsaid sill on the lower side of the cavity.

The base-sheet has a shaped cut, 9, which is pressed into a triangularcavity, and assists in forminga readier means ofhanging upon a nail inthe wall than is given by the ordinary perforations.

The cover is bent, as at 2', to inclose a wire or strip, k, which servesto strengthen the edge. Upon the top of the cover is placed a handle, D,for convenience in holding when brushing off tables, counters, 820.; andpivoted to the sides of thecover is a bail, E, for carrying the articleabout more easily.

I claim- An improved dust-pan formed of two pieces, A B, one forming thebottom and end and the other the top and sides, and provided with awooden re-enforce, G, at its front end, inclosed in a cavity formed bybending the forward end of the bottom portion over the said re-enforce,a handle, D, a pivoted bail, E, and an aperture, f, in the re-enforcedportion of the pan, substantially as described.

HANNAH V. SHAV.

Witnesses:

J. E. HARWOOD, A. SHAW.

